Daily Dialogue — February 1, 2017

“You die first, get it? Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I make your head into a canoe, you understand me?”

— Tombstone (1993), written by Kevin Jarre

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Threat, suggested by Angry Cyborg.

Trivia: Kevin Jarre’s original script for Tombstone was significantly longer than the final film. It was intended to be an epic, detailing the lives of all the combatant parties in the story. After Jarre was fired as director, George P. Cosmatos hired John Fasano to trim the script to focus primarily on the Earp family (to make the already-delayed shoot more manageable). Fasano received co-author credit in early promotional materials, but his name was removed from the film’s credits (probably due to Writer Guild arbitration). Instead, Fasano was given an Associate Producer credit.

Dialogue On Dialogue: We have to include a Western in the mix as some of the best threats happen in this genre. “Make your head into a canoe.” Not even sure what that means, but the dude with the gun planted one inch from his brain seems to get it.